Senator PATRICK ( South Australia ) ( 14:27 ): Mr President, pursuant to standing order 72(2), I have a question for you. My question arises from your joint statement with the Speaker on 8 February and your statement to the Senate on 12 February concerning a security intrusion into the Australian parliamentary computing network. On 12 February you said: I'm not in a position to provide any information regarding attribution of responsibility for this intrusion. It is also likely to be some time before the investigation into this incident is concluded. I will provide further relevant updates to senators as is appropriate. On Monday this week, Reuters reported that our cybersecurity agency, the Australian Signals Directorate, concluded in March that China's Ministry of State Security was responsible for hacking the parliamentary network. Have you now been briefed on the findings of the ASD investigation, when did that briefing take place, what updates can you now provide the Senate and was China responsible?